Online International Journal of Arts and Humanities

ISSN 2277-0852; Volume 2 Issue 1, Pages 22-27; January 2013

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Review Article

 

From ‘Noise’ to Performance: A study of Sikiru Àyìndé Ọláyínká (Barrister)’s Current Affairs and the Truth   Sikiru Adeyemi Ogundokun   Department of Languages and Linguistics, College of Humanities and Culture, Ikire, Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. E-mail: akorede4sure@gmail.com; Tel: +2348034353967   Downloaded 24 December, 2012 Accepted 27 January, 2013

Fújì as a style of music has gained world recognition and is waxing stronger. However, intellectuals are not really buying into this aspect of African culture which is a major part of oral literature. This paper therefore attempted to bridge the gap created by the neglect. In discussing the relationship or interplay between literature and society, this article addressed the extent to which creative art can be applied to share facts. Premised on ‘faction’, which is a concept which holds that texts (and other creative arts) are rooted on real historical figures and actual happenings, this essay examined two of the Sikiru Àyìndé Ọláyínká’s albums titled Current Affairs and The Truth and contemporary realities in Nigeria by a way of juxtaposing them. Interestingly, it can be deduced that most of what (issues) Sikiru Àyìndé Ọláyínká discusses in his musical compositions are true pictures of societies in Nigeria, as much as in Africa. Hence, it is concluded that literature is a tool for social mobilization, integration, development and global advancement.   Keywords: Culture, linguistics, art, literature, language.

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